Spanish false friend
molestar doesn’t mean “to molest”
It actually means to bother, to annoy.
The trap
Spanish kids tell their siblings 'no me molestes' all day long. It just means 'stop bugging me.'
Example
¿Te molesta si abro la ventana?
Do you mind if I open the window?
So how do you say “to molest” in Spanish?
Use abusar sexualmente.
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